Voice Studio of Chris Abdo -SynergisticSinging

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Introduction: Clear, concrete vocal technique training for ALL skill levels and genres. Even if you think you're tone deaf, voice lessons with Chris are focused on meeting you exactly where you are at and where you want to go. That means students don't all get the same exercises, lesson time is spent getting to know YOUR unique vocal habits before changing anything about your singing, and every exercise has an explanation that makes sense for your voice. I love seeing people grow as singers! Examples: I loved seeing one of my students progress from not being able to match pitch to not only matching pitch but feeling good about her singing and finally getting the nerve to sing with friends! I loved seeing one of my students, after being frustrated with previous teachers who would blame her when exercises weren't working for her, had the freedom in lessons together to evaluate and choose the best exercises for her voice.

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Si W.

Mar 4, 2017

I can’t speak highly enough of Chris. He has far exceeded my expectations as a vocal coach. Before I met Chris I was skeptical that I could even become a better singer. I wasn’t sure if lessons would even make a difference. After a couple months of taking lessons with Chris, I can honestly say that I have noticed significant improvement in my singing. He has helped me to have better control over my voice through fun and engaging exercises. Since I was a beginner, it was hard for me to understand the point of some of the vocal exercise and how it translated to me becoming the type of singer I wanted to be. Chris was able to cater my lessons to help me better understand them by working on a song of my choice and choosing exercise to help me sing the song in the style that I liked. Lessons done in this way have been incredibly fun since I know the meaning and purpose behind the exercises that I do. Also, Chris is great at listening to your voice and finding ways to explain why you are making the sound that you are and what you need to do to create the sound that you want. I look forward to going to my lessons ever week because with every lessons I know I’m one step closer to becoming the singer that I want to be. I couldn’t be happier with Chris and synergistic singing.

Jeanine W.

Mar 2, 2017

I cannot recommend Chris highly enough. I have taken voice 5 or 6 times in the past, and he is by far the best teacher I have ever had. He is clearly extremely knowledgeable and experienced, and is a natural teacher. Excellent at putting you at ease, he first gets to know your voice and your musical preferences, and tailors his teaching to what is best for you individually. His explanations, suggestions, and exercises are all clear and helpful. He also has a sense of humor, and knows how to make each lesson enjoyable and fun. I can’t think of anything I would change, and I feel fortunate to have him as a teacher. Jeanine W.

Caomhán '.

Feb 27, 2017

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Working with Chris is and adventure in personal discovery and development. As a retired research librarian I had to asky myself why. -- Actively Diagnostic -- Chris found out for himself where I actually am. We started with a (very) short music / singing history, a directional goal based on what I hoped to do, then actual breath and sound work to find out what my breath and sound was at that very moment. He even used that diagnostic process to begin to help me become aware of what I’m doing now. For example, to breathe in a specific way and notice what happened, and describe it. Then breathe a different way and compare it. Already I was learning the physical awareness I need to develop. -- Discovery not Dogma.-- After the first month of lessons I still haven’t been told what ‘the right way’ to do something is. At least not by Chris. My whole body is telling me what it prefers to do when I’m not telling it to things ‘my’ way. -- Experiential Learning. -- The beginning for me is to learn to feel breath in my body, to be aware of where it is and how it moves, and what happens to other systems in the body. A new version of learning to rub your tummy while patting your head. -- Collegial and Collaborative.-- I’ve begun to think of lessons with Chris as a series of experiments with comments on results of each step, repeating steps as needed, then again with variations. Chris may be the ‘lead investigator’ guiding the experiments, but as co-experimentor I have the dual role of being the subject and a primary observer (aka ‘student’). I’ve asked Chris to repeat an experiment so I see what it looks like from the outside, and to get a better idea of the process. -- Awake and Aware.-- Or as I’m more used to calling it - mindfulness. I check in with my body several times a day to see what the breath and body systems are doing at that moment and relate it to the lesson and earlier check-ins. There is a (nearly) daily practice session, focused on 1 to 3 points that emerged from the work in the last lesson. ** Though it’s been only a month since I began working with Chris, I find not only chages in vocal qualities, but some of the principles are creeping constructively into other areas of life (including saxophone lessons). - - - When considering the review consider also the reviewer background: Age 59, my last ("real") music lesson (piano) was 51 years ago, and my last music class was in 6th grade (almost 50 years ago, when we played soprano recorders for a few weeks). Truly a beginner!

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Roberta D.

Jul 1, 2017

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Chris's Mini Breathing Course was such a huge help!!

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Yes. $39, 30min, $49, 45min, $59, 60min
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I always get to know your current vocal habits and where you want to go with your voice before I design any exercises for you. Once I know your vocal habits and what you want to sing (rock singers get completely different exercises than opera singers, for instance) then you will learn not only the exercises I design for you, but how to evaluate all future exercises so that you are free to work with any other teachers or exercises as you see fit, and a have a way to know if they are effective for you or not. Most teachers want to be your vocal compass. I teach you how to be your own vocal compass while pointing you in the right direction :)
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Besides a degree in singing from UNT, I have worked with many teachers and attended vocal pedagogy workshop, etc. None of that actually mattered as much as the fact that I questioned everything about singing technique until I got to a working model that actually makes sense with the anatomy of the human body and, most importantly, works!

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